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Le Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:25:45 +0200, Randy Brukardt <randy@rrsoftware.com=
>  =

a =C3=A9crit:

> "Yannick Duch=C3=AAne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> wrote in m=
essage
> news:op.wdeqz6wkule2fv@douda-yannick...
> Le Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:50:07 +0200, Randy Brukardt <randy@rrsoftware.c=
om>
> a =C3=A9crit:
>>> I tried to suggest making objects overloadable
>> I'm not sure to see. Objects of the same name with different types in=
  =

>> the
>> same declaration list?
>>
>>    E : Cat_Type;
>>    E : Rabbit_Type;
>>
>> ?
>
> I don't think I went that far, but they would be overloadable for the
> purposes of resolution. So you would not get a conflict if those two  =

> objects
> were declared in different packages made visible by use-clauses.
>
> This is essentially the idea that you (was it you?) have talked about =
 =

> about making functions and constants work the same.
Yes, was me (red=E2=80=91face)

> It wouldn't make sense to  do
> that for *only* constants (changing something from a constant to a  =

> variable
> shouldn't break any uses!), but it could make sense for all objects.
Good point, indeed.

-- =

=E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1]
=E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.=
=E2=80=9D [1]
[1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers=
ity